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Saturday 9 December 2023 Dublin: 10°C

# Pilot Whales

This year
2023
45 whales beached in Australia euthanised after efforts to save them failed
The pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded themselves on Tuesday on Cheynes Beach.
6
13.5k
Jul 27th 2023, 8:34 AM
Last year
2022
About 200 pilot whales die on Australian beach in mass stranding
Just 35 of the approximately 230 beached whales are still alive.
8
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Sep 22nd 2022, 9:35 AM
All time
Navy and volunteers rescue 120 whales in Sri Lanka after mass stranding
Local authorities were braced for mass deaths as seen in Tasmania in September.
3
17.8k
Nov 3rd 2020, 8:10 AM
Five pilot whales die after pod gets stranded on Donegal beach
The pod of pilot whales have become stranded for a second time today.
35
19.5k
Jul 7th 2014, 6:48 PM
16 whales die after being stranded on Scottish beach
The pilot whales were part of a pod of at least 40 which had been seen swimming in shallow water off St Andrew’s.
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7.7k
Sep 2nd 2012, 6:44 PM
Whale deaths off Donegal could have been caused by navy's sonar
The 33 pilot whales may have died after becoming confused by the British Royal Navy’s sonar activity.
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Nov 8th 2010, 3:14 PM